Lately I’ve been dreaming of a cross country adventure; I want to drive across the country, and arrive, travel-worn but excited, on the west coast. I’ll know I’ve arrived when I find myself among California’s giant redwoods and sequoias, a destination I’ve been dreaming of since I first saw them in National Geographic as a kid. Let’s head west

Trio of Giant Redwoods – Look up! and up and up!

The President: a tree so big that it took 126 frames to properly capture its 247 feet of glory. The tree is more than three thousand years old. Can you find all three climbers? – Photo by Michael Nichols/National Geographic

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NPR just ran a story about how scientists are currently studying whether the 4 year California drought is stressing Redwoods to the unprecendented point of early death. Let's hope findings are negative- these trees are too majestic to be lost.